ivysmom wrote:Thanks, Colia, with every new post I learn something. We do intend to take a look at Stamford and the location is certainly appealing since I'm thinking we'll want to live East Coast (no office there yet so my husband could set up wherever he wants to and proximity to the airport would be excellent...oh and the beach too) It will be interesting to compare SAIS and SAS.
That is a very interesting post about the furniture. My husband is lobbying HARD to take little and either buy inexpensive furniture or rent it (he would also be happy to leave our house furnished but unoccupied so we wouldn't even have to deal with it, but that seems a little unnecessary), but I'm not convinced. I think my kids would miss their own beds (as would I, I've heard beds in Asia are smaller) I'm not sure it would feel like home without some of our things (maybe 1/2?). Q: do you mind me asking what it cost, ballpark, to IKEA furnish your whole place? We want a 4 bedroom 2500-3500 sq ft place and that sounds like a lot of furniture to me.
That's an interesting point about the wine -- do you pick it up at the airport on business trips? I haven't looked it up, but I imagine you can probably bring a few bottles in at a time without duty (or low duty)? We are so used to great, inexpensive wine that that will certainly be an adjustment, as will not having easy access to boutiquey, craft beer (can you find a good IPA in Singapore?) I digress...thanks for the info!
Could maybe consider a non-profit 'SGExpat (Or IvysMom!) Wine Club' concept?ivysmom wrote:That is good to know you can buy by the case. I should also investigate shipping wine to Singapore -- dear friends own a winery so we can get really good wine for very little, perhaps with shipping and duty it would end up being the same cost as buying the pricey stuff!
Actually "somewhere inbetween", that's not too easy in Singapore. It goes more like this:colio wrote:as has been said, you can go cheap/budget or you can go with the more expensive stuff, or somewhere in between.. haha, call me Captain Obvious!
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